Cash indicator and register



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J. J. WEBSTER.

CASH INDICATOR AND REGISTER.

No. 370.363. Patented Sept. 20, 1887.

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J. J. WEBSTER.

CASH INDICATOR AND REGISTER.

No. 370,363. Patented Sept. 20, 1887 WIt FE55E5..

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.-

JEROME J. WEBSTER, OF NEWPORT, VERMONT, ASSIGNOR TO THE BOSTON CASHINDICATOR AND RECORDER COMPANY, OF BANGOR, MAINE.

CASH INDICATOR AND REGISTER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 370,363, datedSeptember 20, 1887.

Application filed October 7, 1886.

registers; and it consists in the devices and combinations hereinafterdescribed and claimed.

In the accompanying drawings, on three sheets, Figure 1 is a frontelevation of a cash indicator and register constructed in accord ancewith my invention, a part of the case being in vertical section on theline or min Fig. 2; Fig. 2, a plan of the same, the case being inhorizontal section on the line 3 y in Fig. 1; Fig. 3, a vertical sectionon the linezzin Fig.

2 of the case, (except the upper part, which is broken off,) till, stopand guide plates, and fulcrum-rod, and a side elevation of thetillopening spring, the till-locking spring, the link which connectssaid locking-spring to the arm projecting from the fulcrum-rod, saidarm, the fulorom-rod. stand, and the lower part of a signal-rod; Fig. 4,a rear elevation of the middle or dime ratchet and gear, the standswhich support the same, part of the registering-lever, and theimpelling, retaining, and looking pawls; Fig. 5, a front elevation ofthe left-hand or dollar ratchet and gear; Fig. 6, a side elevation ofthe signal-keys, one of which is depressed, the signals, thesignal-rods, the looking-rod lever, the link which connects said leverto an arm of the fulcrum-rod, said arm, and the registering-lever guide,and a section on the line w w in Fig. 2 of the stop and guide plates,the fulcrum-rod, the registering-lever, the signal-rod guides, and thelocking-rod; Fig. 7, a plan of the middle group of signalkeys and theirsignals, a part of the stop and guide plates, 3. part of thefulcrum-rod, a part of a registering-lever and its guide, a part of aratchet audits impelling-pawl,the link which connects the arm of thefulcrum-rod and the lockingrod lever, said arm, the spring whichrestores the fulcrum-rod to position, afulorumrod stand, a part of theupper signal-rod guide,

Serial No. 215,538. (No modolJ' a part of the locking-rod, (indicated bya dotted line,) locking-pins, and a spring-cam on the locking-rodlever;Fig.8, afront elevation of the parts shown in Fig. 7 and of thelocking-pawl; Fig. 9, a plan of the lower signalrod guide, thelocking-rod and its pins, and the signal-rods and their collarsthesignals being omitted-the position of the locking-rod pins shown by thedotted lines being their normal position; Fig. 10, a plan of a part ofthe locking-rod and the locking-rod lover, a

part of the locking-rod being broken away on each side of thelocking-rod cam to show said cam, said lever being represented asbeginning to press the locking-rod cam aside to unlock the signals; Fig.11, a plan of the parts shown in Fig. 10, representing the locking-rodlever returning to its normal position; Fig. 12, a

front elevation of the same parts in the position shown in Fig. 11.

The case 0 is of any usual construction which will conceal the operatingmechanism and the signals except when the signals are raised, ashereinafter described, and preferably has a glass window, 0, on eachside to allow the signals to be read by a cashier or other person seatedbehind the case,as well as by customers standing in front thereof, saidsignals being numbered on both sides in the usual manner.

In the lower part of the case slides the till T, pressed outward by aspring, t, secured to the inside of the back of the case andpressingagainst the back of the till in the usual manner. The till is locked inits closed position (see Fig. 3) by a looking-spring, t, secured at itsfront end to the under side of the table a, which supports theindicating and registering mechanism, and springing down in front oftheback if" of the till, or preferably in front of a bar, t, which extendsacross the top of said till near the back of the same. The free end ofthe locking-spring is raised to allow the till to be opened (by thepressure of the spring t) by the rocking of the rock-shaft or fulcrumrodF, which is supported in a horizontal position by and turns in verticalstands f f? f, secured on the table 0, said fulcrum-rod being providedwith a backwardly-projecting arm, f, rigidly secured thereto, which isconnected by a link, it, to said locking-spring near its free end. Thefulcrum-rod is rocked to open the till by depressing any one or more ofthe signal-keys, as hereinafter described, all of which keys have theirfulcrums upon said rod. The fulcrum-rod F is provided with a spline orprojection, f except at its bearings in the standsff f and the openingsis (see Fig. 6) in the keys KK K K, which receive the fulerum-rod,'areof the shape shown,each of said openings being partly circular to fitthe cylindrical portion of said rod, and having a slot, k leading out ofsaid circular opening to receive said spline and to allow the same toturn therein without turning any of said keys. All of the slots k are inline with each other, and their front sides are in contact with thefront side of the splinef, so that depressing any one of the keys willrock the fulcrum-rod, and said slots are of such a width that depressingany key to its utmost will not carry the back side of said splineagainst the back side of the slots of the other keys. The keys areguided vertically and limited in their motion by stop and guide plates7c, respectively placed in front of and behind said fulcrumrod andprovided with vertical slots 7e within which said keys move and againstthe bottom of which they are stopped.

Vhen the zero-signal key K is depressed, the zerosignal S is thrown upinto sight, its vertical stem or signal-rod s resting upon said key K,near the outer end of the same, indieating merely that the till isopened, this key being used when the till is to be opened for otherpurposes than the making of change. The signal-rod s is guidedvertically by horizontal guide-plates s sithrough holes in which saidsigna1-rod is passed, and is provided with an annular collar, 8, whichnormally rests upon the lower guide, 8 There is a horizontallocking-rod, I, running from end to end of the upper guide, 8, andprovided with horizontal backwardly-projecting pins i,said locking-rod Ibeing supported from said upper guide, 8', by means of screws i whichpass down through longitudinal slots s in said upper guide, which slotsallow said locking-rod with its pins to be moved longitudinally, theends of said slots serving as stops to limit the longitudinal motion ofsaid locking-rod. The pins 73 are so arranged that a vertical line willpass through one of said pins and through the collar 8 on thezero-signal rod when the locking-rod is in its normal position--that is,when drawn to the left by the spring i (shown in Fig. 1)-and connectingthe frame A and said locking-rod, so that if the locking-rod be firstpushed to the right, and the zero-signal be then raised until its collaris above the pins 2', and the lockingrod be allowed to resume its normalposition, one of the lockingpins will be under said collar and preventthe signal from falling until the 1ocking-rod is again moved to theright. The locking-rod is provided on its under surface with acam,z', ofa double-wedge shape, (see Figs. 6, 10, 11, and 12,) and a nearlyvertical 1oeking-rodlever, J, is pivoted at j to a bracket, 9', securedto the lower guide, 8 (see Figs. 6 and 8,) which lever J is providednear its upper end with a spring-cam, j the lower end of which issecured to the side of said lever J, and the upper end of which isformed into a double wedge-shaped cam, the spring of said springcamtending to press said cam against the rightside of said lever and (theparts beingsuitably arranged therefor) to bring the upper end of saidcam (which projects above the upper end of said lever J) to the left ofthe lockingrod cam. The upper end of theleverJ is normally back of thelocking-rod, so that when the upper end of said lever is thrown forward(to the right in Figs. 6 and 7) the right side of the springcam willpress against the left side of the locking-rod cam and throwthelockingrod to the right until the springeam passes by the locking-rodcam and allows the lockingrod to be restored to its normal position bythe spring i as above described.

The lower end of the rocking-rod lever J is connected by a link, j", toan arm, f depending from and rigidly secured to the fulcrum rod F, sothat rocking the fulcrum-rod in such a manner as to throw the lower endof the arm f backward will cause the upper end of d zerosignal, exceptin the marks or numbers on said signals and keys, each key and thecorresponding signal bearing the same number. Each key of each groupwill raise its signal, and will move the rocking-rod and allow thesignals then in a raised position to fall and at the same time look itsown signal in a raised position, and will perform all the functionsabove ascribed to the Zeiokey, including the unlocking of the till, anddiffers from the zerokey only in indicating the amount of money placedin the till and in operating the registering mechanism, as describedbelow.

A bracket, I), is secured to the upper guide, 8 as shown in Figs. 1 and2, and supports a small bell or gong, B, and a spring-hammer, b, issecured to an car, i, projecting from the front of the locking-rod I, inproximity to said bell, so that the return motion of the locking" rodcauses said hammer to strike said bell every time the till is opened,and to call at tention thereto.

The right-hand group of signals, S, is numbered to indicate cents, themiddle group, S", to indicate dimes, and the left-hand group, S, toindicate dollars.

The registering devices used with each group of signals being the samein principle and differing only in matters of arrangement-as in thedirection in which the registering-lever extends from its fulcrum, inthe direction in which the gears and ratchets rotate, and therefore inthe position of these parts and their pawls relatively to each other-itwill be convenient to look at the corresponding parts of thedime-registering and dollar-registering devices, (shown on a largerscale in Figs. 4 and 5,) the corresponding parts being marked with thesame letter of reference, but with a different exponent, the exponentsbeingincreased by one in going from right to left from each group to thenext.

For convenience, the dime-registering devices, partly represented inrear elevation in Fig. 4:, will first be described.

Upon the stand N is pivoted the registeringlever L, concentrically withthe ratchet It", and to said registering-lever is pivoted the pawl I,which engages the teeth of said ratchet. The lever L reaches to theright (as one faces the machine) over the keys of the group K", back oftheir fulcrum, and is drawn down into or nearly into contact with one ofthe keys of said group by a spring, 1", connected to said lever and tothe table 0, so that the complete depression of said key will raise saidlever L sufficiently to cause the pawl P to slide over a number of teethof said ratchet corresponding to one-tenth of the number of said key, sothat when said key is let go and the lever L is restored to its normalposition by the spring Z the ratchet R will be moved by the pawl P" anangular distance represented by the number of its teeth over which thepawl slidesin the upward movement of the registering-lever. The keys allhave the same length of movement, and the under side of theregisteringlever is so shaped or curved, as shown in Figs. 1 and 8, thatdepressing and letting go the key next to the right of said first-namedkey will turn the ratchet R a tooth less than depressing and letting gosaid first-named key, and depressing and letting go the key next to theleft of said first-named key will slide the pawl and turn the ratchet Bone tooth more than depressing and letting go said first-named key, andso that depressing any one of the keys of the group K will slide thepawl P over a. number of the teeth of said ratchet corresponding toone-tenth of the number borne by said key and by its correspondingsignal, 'S that is, depressing and letting go the key marked 10 willcause the ratchet to turn one tooth and depressing and letting go thekey marked 20 will cause the ratchet to turn two teeth, and so on. Theratchet R is prevented from being turned by the friction of the pawl 1?by the spring-retaining pawl 0 secured to the table 0 and engaging withthe teeth of said ratchet, and is prevented from jumping past the pawl Pby the locking-pawl Q, the latter being a bent lever pivoted 011 saidstand N and having a tooth, g, which is forced by the registering-leverstriking the upper end of said locking-pawl up into engagement with saidratchet, from which engagement it is re leased by its own weight whensaid registering-lever is raised. The shaft or pivot of the ratchet R isprovided with a single radial tooth, making it in effect asingle-toothed pinion, which tooth g engages with a gear, G, once inevery revolution of said ratchet, and, as the ratchet and gear. haveeach a hundred teeth, one revolution of the ratchet indicates thereceipt of one hundred dimes, one thousand cents, or ten dollars, andone revolution of the gear G indicates one hundred revolutions of theratchet or the receipt of ten hundred dollars. The stand M supports thegear G. A spring-retaining pawl, H, secured to the table 0 and engagingwith the teeth of said gear G", prevents the teeth of said gear fromjumping past said pawl H". The sides of the ratchet R and gear G aregraduated, and the graduations are numbered, the numbers on the ratchetrunning from O to 950, the 0 indicating the starting-point and also onethousand cents, and the numbers on the gear running from' 0 to 950, the0 indicating the starting-point and also one thousand dollars.

The stands N M are each provided with an index-finger, a m", to denotethe place of the O at the beginning of business, and to point to thefigures indicating the amount of money taken up to the time ofobservation. The registering-ratchet B, gear G, their supportingsl'andsN M, impellingpawl P, locking-pawl Q, retaining-pawls O H,single-toothed pinion 9, registering-lever L, its spring 1, andindex-fingers n m are substantially like the parts of the same nameabove described, ex cept as above indicated, and except, also, that theratchet and gear last named have their graduations differently numbered,a single tooth of the last-named ratchet indicating one cent instead ofone dime, and a single tooth of the gear G indicating one dollar insteadof ten dollars, and except, also, that the registering-lever L extendsto the left over the cent-registering keys instead of to the right, andthat the ratchet r is therefore at the left of the center of the gear G.So, too, the lefthand ratchet, R gear Gflsingle toothed pinion g,ratchetstand N gear-stand M impellingpawl P locking-pawl Q,retaining-pawls O H, registering-lever L, its spring Z, andindex-fingers n m are like the parts of the same name in Fig. 4, andsimilarly arranged, the ratchet registering dollars up to one hundred,and the gear recording ten thousand dollars in a complete revolution,said last named ratchet and gear being numbered accordingly. Inreckoning up the receipts it will only be necessary to add the sixamounts indicated by the ratchets and gears to ascertain the totalamount received since the last previous reckoning.

It will be seen that the zero-lever does not operate anyregisteringlever, being placed between the registering-levers L and L.

The devices for locking the signal-rods in their raised position and ofsubsequently releasing the same are not broadly claimed herein, beingshown and claimed in another ICO 4 eves-es application, Serial No.226,411, filed February 3, 1887.

I claim as my invention 1. The combination of the frame, the locking-rodprovided with a cam and adapted to slide on said frame, a spring adaptedto draw said locking-rod in one direction, a lockingrod lever adapted,when turned on its fulcrum, to press against said cam and to push asidesaid locking-rod against the resistance of said spring and to pass byand release said cam and locking-rod, a spring bell-hammer secured tosaid locking-rod, one or more signal-keys suported upon a fulcrunrrod,said i'i'ilcrum rod, any one of said keys being adapted, when depressed,to rock said fulcrum-rod, an arm rigidly secured to said fulcrum-rod,and a link connecting said arm and said locking-rod lever, and a bellsupported by said frame, as and for the purpose specified.

2. The combination of the lockingrod provided with pins and with adouble wedgeshaped cam and adapted to slide horizontally on the frame,said frame, signals provided with stems or signal rods guided verticallyin said frame and provided with collars, a locking-rod lever providedwith a spring-cam normally pressing against said lever and adapted, whensaid lever is turned, to press against the side of said first-named camand to slide said locking-rod, and a spring connecting said lockingrodand said frame, signal-keys, upon which the lower ends of saidsignal-rods rest, a fulcrum rod supporting said keys and adapted to berocked by de pressing any one or more of said keys and provided with anarm rigidly secured thereto, and a link connecting said arm and saidlocking-rod lever, as and for the purpose specified. 3. The combinationof the case, a till slid ing in said case, a locking-spring secured tosaid ease and adapted to spring down in front of the back of said tillor in front of a bar extending across the top of said till near the backof the same, the inlcrum-rod, signal-keys supported thereon and adapted,when depressed, to rock the same, an arm rigidly secured to saidfulcrum-rod, and a link connecting the free end of said arm to saidlocking spring to unlock said till by depressing any of said keys, asand for the purpose specified.

4. The combination of the case, a till sliding in said case, alocking-spring secured to said case and adapted to spring down in frontof the back of said till or in front of a bar extending across the topof said till, the fulcrumrod provided with a spline, keys provided withopenings to receive said fulcrum-rod and spline, said openings beingshaped, as herein described, to allow said fulcrum-rod to be turnedwithout turning any of said keys and to cause said rod to be turned bythe depression of any of said keys, an arm rigidly secured to saidfulcrum-rod, and a link connecting the free end of said arm to saidlocking-spring, as and for the purpose specified.

5. The combination of a series of keys or signal-levers differentlynumbered, a suitable stand, a registering-lever pivoted on said standand extending over said keys, and arranged to be struck by said keyswhen the same are depressed, a ratchet concentric with the pivot of saidregistering-lever, a pawl pivoted on said registering-lover and engagingthe teeth of said ratchet, the under side of said registering-leverbeing curved, substantially as described, and stops to limit the motionof said keys, whereby the depression of any one of said keys will causesaid pawl to travel overa number of the teeth ofsaid ratchet corresponding to the number of said key, as and for the purpose specified.

6. The combination of a series of keys differenl'ly numbered, a suitablestand, a registeringlever pivoted on said stand and extending over saidkeys, and arranged to be struck by said keys when the same aredepressed, a ratchet concentric with the pivot of said rogisteringlever, a registering-pawl pivoted on said registering-lever and engagingthe teeth of said ratchet, the under side of said registeringlever beingcurved, substantially as described, stops to limit the motion of saidkeys, and a spring to restore said registering-lever to position when adepressed key is released, whereby the depression of anyone ofsaid keyswill cause said pawl to travel over a number of the teeth of saidratchet corresponding to the number of said key, and the release of saidkey will cause said ratchet to be rotated an angular distancecorresponding to the same number of said teeth, as and for the purposespecified.

7. The combination of a series of keys dif ferent-ly numbered, a fulcrumcommon to said keys, a suitable stand, a registering-lever pivoted onsaid stand and extending over said keys, and arranged to be struck bysaid keys when the same are depressed, a ratchet concentric with thepivot of said registering-lever, a registering-pawl pivoted on saidregister ing-leverand engaging the teeth ofsaid ratchet, the under sideof said registering-lever being curved, substantially as described,stops to limit the motion of said keys, a spring to re store saidregisteringdever to position when a depressed key is released, asingle-toothed pinion concentric with and turning with said ratchet andengaging with said gear, the sides ofsaid ratchet and gear being markedwith figures to indicate the numbers oftheir respective teeth, andstationary index-fingers to point out said figures, as and for thepurpose specified.

In Witness whereof I, the said JEROME J. XVnns'rnR, have hereunto set myhand this 11th day of August, A. D. 1885.

JEROME J. 5 E ESTER.

